How to frame the affordable housing conversation
Jonathan Knopf
Executive Director for Programs
(As explained by Homer.)
📚 Know your facts and history
🔨 Focus on solutions
📣 Rethink how you talk (then think again)
Your home is affordable if you pay no more than 30 percent of your gross income on housing costs.
Your home is affordable if it is subsidized by a public program to reduce your housing costs.
Your home is affordable if you feel it is safe, secure, healthy, and within your budget.
Lagging wages
Labor and material costs
Private equity acquisitions
Rising interest rates
Restrictive land use policies
Workforce shortages
Talking about affordable housing might be the only thing more daunting than actually doing something about it. To lay the groundwork for meaningful progress, this presentation will reshape your perspective, strengthen what you know, and improve how you talk about housing.
SAW Housing Summit | October 11, 2023